Tests Show It's Safer to Kiss Your Dog Than Your Significant Other

Tests Show It's Safer to Kiss Your Dog Than Your Significant Other

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Tests Show It's Safer to Kiss Your Dog Than Your Significant OtherBy Kelli Bender Kelli Bender Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work


has previously appeared on MTV, The Frisky, Vice, and Best Friends Magazine.People Editorial GuidelinesPublished on August 23, 2016 05:36PM EDT Credit : Getty Images Between dog breath and


drool, the canine mouth can get a bad rap.


A new report from Havahart Wireless is here to set the record straight and defend doggie kisses.


Through a series of tests, the dog fence company has found that the human mouth has 1.4 times more bacteria than a dog’s kisser (er, licker) — that’s a difference of about 2,000,000 germs.


Woof!


This information shows it is safer to kiss the dog you love over the human you love. Sorry, significant others.


Havahart also dug up some other surprising dirty numbers.


Havahart Wireless While dogs may have cleaner mouths, humans have less germ-y toys. Doggie playthings and bowls have 2x more germs than the everyday objects humans use, like forks and


cellphones.


So, what did we learn? Dog smooches are probably safer than you thunk, and your pet’s bowl could use an extra run through the dishwasher.


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